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Clear Street Active is building a new retail trading platform and is hiring a Senior Product Designer to own the design system from the ground up. This is a critical early hire to establish the design foundation as the company scales rapidly.
You will own the complete design system including token architecture, Figma Variables, component library, Code Connect mappings, and documentation. You'll serve as the bridge between design and engineering, catching drift early and working with engineers to resolve issues before they compound. You'll set and maintain accessibility and quality standards across the platform, collaborate with product managers and designers when systems decisions have product implications, and leverage AI tooling (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.) to accelerate delivery.
The role is rooted in design systems but extends into broader product decisions. You'll be involved in strategic product conversations alongside PMs and engineers from day one, and you'll need to understand the end users and the implications of design decisions in a financial trading context.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Proven experience building or substantially rebuilding a design system (not just contributing to one)
- Fluency in Figma Variables, design tokens, and Figma-to-code bridges (Code Connect, Token Studio, or equivalent)
- Strong opinions on token naming, semantic structure, and governance, with ability to articulate them clearly to engineers and PMs
- Active use of AI tooling to close real gaps, not experimental dabbling
- Some familiarity with investing or trading (from work or personal experience)
- Comfort working at the product layer with understanding of end-user impact
- Ability to work independently with minimal oversight
NICE TO HAVE:
- Experience with Token Studio or Style Dictionary
- Fintech or financial services background
- Exposure to React component architecture
- Deep trading domain expertise
